Music Monday: Sometime Around Midnight...

Sometime Around Midnight/The Airborne Toxic Event:

I'm seriously loving this song! I love everything about it...the story, the music, the build up of emotion, the video, etc. I couldn't find an official video that I could embed so check it out here.

"The Little Gym" Beach Party...

Today my sisters and I(and kids) went to "The Little Gym" Beach Party in Orem. It was a pretty fun place and the kids had a blast! They went non stop for two hours.

Eating pizza and pink lemonade.

Maddy kept grabbing the tree centerpiece off the table and pretending like it was an umbrella. I think this pictures is so cute!

The kids(and Stacy) making fruit loop bracelets.

Maddy had a blast on all the different gymnastics apparatus! He especially loved the rings. He would swing back and forth and then hang and then fall and laugh. He did this over and over with his cousin Dallin. I also spent a lot of time holding his hand while he walked across the balance beam over and over. Avery had fun running around and climbing on whatever she could.

Dallin, Claire and Jace having fun. Claire and Dallin got their faces painted. I tried to get Maddy to get his done but he didn't want to. He just wanted to run around and play. By the time we left his cheeks were all flush from playing so hard. Thanks Jamie and Stacy for a fun time!

Steve's Surgery...

Steve had his knee surgery Friday morning. He had a medial bucket tear of the meniscus. It was a little worse then they thought so they did some additional clean up. He had to be at the hospital at 5:45am and went in for surgery at 7:05 and was done by 7:45. At about 8:15 he heard them call his name and woke right up. I guess he kind of caught the nurses off guard because he woke up so fast and was like "yo" right when they called his name. The surgery went really well and he spent the day(and most of the weekend) hanging out on the couch downstairs. He's enjoyed lounging around and watching lots of movies but is starting to get antsy. He is usually on the go and would rather be busy doing stuff.

That white blob thing is what they removed. Gross! I can't believe they actually gave this to him to take home.

Flashback Friday: Maddy at 3 Weeks...

These pictures were taken when Maddy was 3 weeks old. My sister emailed them to me forever ago and I forgot about them. I came across them when I was cleaning out my email folders. I loved all his black hair and he had the most beautiful olive skin. Now he's pretty much a pasty like me.

Born Naturals...

Adam Lambert-Absolutely loved it! I always look forward to what he's going to do next.
To view last nights performance click link below...
Tracks of My Tears


Allison Iraheta-Not my absolute favorite but she's not some mad pipes(and skills!)
To view last nights performance click link below...
Papa Was a Rolling Stone

I also love these two last night...

Matt Giraud-Love seeing him let loose!
To view last nights performance click link below...
Lets Get it On


Kris Allen-I loved his laid back playful stage presence last night, plus he's such a cutie!
To view last nights performance click link below...
How Sweet It IS

Enough Already...

I couldn't even bring myself to go outside to take the picture...

Whatever Wednesday: Matt Sundin Photography...

I came across the photography of Matt Sundin on one of the many blogs I look at. I was immediately taken by his work. His work is very haunting and intriguing.

I especially love his short(about 90 seconds) film called "Camille."

These are some of my favorite photographs...

Weekend...

We had another fun/busy weekend. Here are some highlights...

Maddy got invited to a party our neighbor had for the kids in the neighborhood. He had a lot of fun. They played dodge ball, had bike races, running races, and of course a water fight. Maddy was so excited for the water guns. He absolutely loves them. Thanks Rick(you are a great host), Brooke and Brynley! It was lots of fun.

Steve decided to clean out the pond...and it smelled SO bad! It smelled like rotten eggs. I was standing right outside our back door and I could smell it from there. In the picture with Steve, Brian and Dan you can see Dan and Brian are covering their noses with their shirts. I don't know how he convinces them to help him with things like this, but for some reason they stick around. Don't you love Steve's jumpsuit and rubber boots! HA! He thought he was being funny by adding the Jack Sparrow hat from one of his Halloween costumes...until I pulled out the camera then he didn't find it so funny. We were all laughing so hard. There were out cleaning it so late. I think I went to bed before they were even done. This was after another day of aerating. They were all so tired.

I picked up a copy of Twilight on Sat. while I was at Wal Mart getting more printer ink and paper. Steve has been studying for some personal training licenses and going through paper and ink like it is going out of style. Anyway Steve hadn't seen the movie yet so Sunday morning we decided to watch it. Steve liked it for the most part and I thought it was actually better the second time around. Sunday night we had eight of our friends/work employee's over for a BBQ. The food was really yummy and I think we all ate way too much of Brian's homemade salsa and guacomole dip. After everyone was done eating we all headed down to watch "Nitro Circus." Steve has made this a Sunday tradition and loves watching it.

Everyone hanging out...

Maddy and I.

Music Monday: Fade Into You...

Fade Into You/Mazzy Star:
This song is from my high school days but I don't think I will ever get tired of it. I love how hypnotic her voice is.

Here is a cool acoustic version...
Fade Into You

I also love this song...
Into Dust

Happy Spring...

Love this picture! I'm so glad Spring is finally here! I'm so excited for the warm weather and playing outside. We had a fun day today hanging out outside. Steve and Maddy hit golf balls in the backyard while Avery chased them around.

Besides the shirt Maddy dug out of his drawer that is full of wrinkles(which he insisted on wearing), do you see anything wrong with this picture?

He also insisted on wearing two different shoes...

Avery loved being outside although she spent most of the time falling down. She isn't used to walking in sandals and couldn't stay on her feet. She also got smacked on the side of her head by Maddy's golf club(by accident.)

Isn't that face and hair cut so cute! I had a hair appointment yesterday and when I was leaving Maddy had a complete meltdown because he wanted his hair done to. I fear he is going to be as obsessed with his hair as Steve is. :P So Steve finally got tired of hearing him cry about it and brought him over for a hair cut. Thanks Brooke!

I couldn't resist...

Love this picture also!

Flashback Friday: 19 Months Old...

This picture of me was taken in Nov. 1977. I was 19 months old. I can't help but notice I look a little like Avery. Avery will be two next month but is about 20 months corrected.

Home Improvements...

These past several weeks Steve(and crew) have been busy doing home improvements. All the ceilings upstairs have been painted white, painted all our living space walls antique brown, painted our formal living room(fish tank room) burlap, covered our kitchen island with black panel, painted the trim on the top of the kitchen cabinets black, replaced our kitchen table, replaced our wood stair railing with black rod iron, and painted the garage. Steve went as far as two-toning and put in a small stereo system in the garage. Of course I had to tease him about this and his excuse was that he spends a lot of time out there(which is true.)

Paint color before.


Paint color after.


Stair railing before.


Stair railing after.


Old table.


New table.


Island before black paneling, cabinets before black trim on the top.


Island after black paneling, cabinets after black trim on the top.


Paint color before.


Paint color after.
I guess the plan is to also paint the fish tank black...

Of course Maddy had to get in on the action...

Garage before being painted.

Garage after being painted. Trim and shelves are a brown color and yes those are speakers and stereo componants you see. We also moved our freezer to the basement.

Whatever Wednesday: Movie Edward Hawtness...

These first four pictures are from a GQ photo shoot...all I can say is HAWT!

Humina!

Edward looking pretty hot in that white shirt of his...is that a smile I see on Bella's Face?

How sweet...